[WordPress] Remove author, category, and tag title prefixes

Updated: December 16, 2018 • < 1 min read

Category: WordPress Help
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How to remove author, category, and tag title prefixes from your WordPress theme.

Add the below code to your themes funtions.php file:

/**
* Remove archive prefix title
**/
add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', function ($title) {
if ( is_category() ) {
$title = single_cat_title( '', false );
} elseif ( is_tag() ) {
$title = single_tag_title( '', false );
} elseif ( is_author() ) {
$title = '' . get_the_author() . '' ;
}
return $title;
});

You can also expand this code to include custom taxonomies and terms, etc.